"Le ragazze bevono l'acqua."
Translation:The girls drink the water.
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there is a good post explaining it here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/1012366/When-to-use-the-definite-article
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Type in any Italian verb here: https://www.italian-verbs.com/italian-verbs/conjugation.php?parola=entrare
"Le", in this context, is a plural form, yes, but not for "she". "Le" in this context is the same as the English "the". It has the same meaning as the singular "la", as well as others like "lo", "il", "i", and "l'". Definite articles and how they affect other words in Italian can take some getting used to.
"Lei" (which is pronounced similarly to le) is the word for "she".
Is that the question you were asking?
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it has been telling me to use all for so long and this time i finally use it and i'm wrong......
I know that when you have two vowels next to each other, as in 'o' in bevono and the 'a' in acqua that the apostrophe 'l' is used for smoother pronunciation. It's like the words 'a' and 'an' in English. In English we wouldn't say, 'The girls ate a apple.' We say, 'The girls ate an apple.' Hope that's helpful.
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The girls drink THE water implies speific water, like the water in the pitcher on the counter. The girls drink water means ANY water from anywhere. By saying l'acqua, translated to English, means THE water, no alternatives. You can't learn Italian from English without knowing the visictitudes of English!!!!!
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Previous question stated that gli uomini bevono acqua. Not l'acqua answer the men drink water therefore l'acqua is the water and in my opinion correct
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I think they forgot to put an option called "the" when there's this "l'" in the sentence or something I don't know but can someone correct me?